Roger Federer's Issue With Modern Tennis Tournaments Is Spot On

Roger Federer may have enjoyed his time at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, but make no mistake, he's not completely satisfied with the current state of men's tennis.

After Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 to win back-to-back Wimbledon titles, a video of Federer criticizing modern tennis emerged on social media. It turns out his comments are a bit old, but his sentiment is shared by plenty of fans.

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Prior to the 2025 Laver Cup, the 20-time Grand Slam champion expressed his frustration over modern courts playing out the same regardless of the surface. He'd like to see the top players on the ATP Tour adapt their games to faster courts.

"That's why we, the tournament directors, we need to fix it. We need to have not only fast courts, but what we would want to see is Alcaraz or Sinner figure it out on lightning fast and then have the same match on super slow and see how that matches up," Federer said. "It's because the tournament directors have allowed with the ball speed and the court speed that every week is basically the same. And that's why you can just go from winning, I don't know, French, Wimbledon, US Open, and just play the same way."

It's getting a bit predictable.

If we're judging tennis off the last three years alone, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have won 10 out of the last 11 Grand Slam tournaments. The 2026 French Open was the exception due to Alcaraz's injury and Sinner's struggle with the heat.

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While there's no denying Alcaraz and Sinner's greatness, the Grand Slam tournaments are starting to get a bit repetetive.

Unfortunately for Federer, we doubt the product changes for this year's US Open.

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